The Iola Fillies softball team walked off the field after getting a sweep at Neodesha on Thursday with the confidence of a team that’s won five of their last six games.  The recent wins come…

65 Years Ago April 1954 Mrs. Dora Dixon of Iola, who lives with her daughter Mrs. C. L. Steeley at 419 S. Ohio, will celebrate her 100th birthday tomorrow. She moved to Iola in 1910…

Frank Clark will be making big bucks next season in the NFL. Kareem Hunt gets a shot at redemption. That video of Jeffery Simmons will be forgiven. Ditto for Nick Bosa’s tweets. Chances are, someone…

Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses, yearning to breathe free. — Emma Lazarus, “The New Colussus”   Opportunities in Roswell, N.M., last week led me to ask what folks within a 100…

(AP) — Two national titles in three years have helped earn Clemson football coach Dabo Swinney the biggest contract in college football history. University trustees approved the 10 year, $92 million deal Friday. It runs…

I grew up in southeast Iola. We played outside; we ate all of our meals at home; we did our chores and disappeared for the day; we worked hard; we studied hard.  I thought life…

Tyreek Hill’s 3-year-old son told his mother the Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver punched him, according to a recording obtained and published Thursday evening by the local television station KCTV-5. “Daddy did it,” the boy’s…

The Trump administration has embarked on a major public relations offensive to counter China’s growing influence in Latin America. But, so far, the U.S. effort is failing miserably. Earlier this week, a new survey by…

Diagnosing the state?s economic challenges is one thing, David Toland said Thursday. Simply put, Iola, Allen County and Kansas as a whole do not have enough workers to support its businesses, the state?s commerce secretary…

About 50 people from across six counties were in Iola Tuesday evening for a meeting of regional Democrats and to celebrate the rebirth of the Allen County organization, now in its fourth year. Headliners included…